Dispose of excess pups

sloot95 · 05-31-2013, 12:12 AM

Hi

Whats the easiest way to get rid of excess pups? My banana crop in the corner of the yard is getting quite crowded I want to remove some of the larger pups around 1.5m of pstem. I dug one out yesterday man it was a bugger i had to dig all around it, bent one of shovels up trying to leaver the thing out and off the parent plant. I read somewhere you can cut a pup off near ground level then pour some kero over the wound to kill it im worried this will damage the parent too. Any other suggestions? Or am i just going to have to suck it up and go dig them out hoping not to damage the mothers too much.

sloot95 · 05-31-2013, 12:45 AM

Pup on the left is one that needs to go.

venturabananas · 05-31-2013, 12:48 AM

Cut them off at ground level and gouge out the center to destroy the meristem.

sloot95 · 05-31-2013, 01:11 AM

Like so

bananimal · 05-31-2013, 07:05 AM

Or you could do like I do. Dig out the pup when it's big enough to have its own roots, pot it up. Join a garden/fruit tree club that has an auction at its monthly meetings and sell it. Typically the member gets 80%, the club gets 20.

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sunfish · 05-31-2013, 08:46 AM

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Duckfood · 05-31-2013, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by sloot95

I feel like a crime has been committed...

Abnshrek · 05-31-2013, 11:30 AM

Did that to 3 Raja Puri Pups this morning.. Mulch.. :^)

RandyGHO · 05-31-2013, 12:55 PM

The key though is too keep them removed which can be a weekly affair. By the way, all my suckers got to the rose bed. Roses love banana plants, bananas and banana skins. They will bloom like crazy.

cheson74 · 05-31-2013, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by venturabananas

Cut them off at ground level and gouge out the center to destroy the meristem.

I tried this method on my Blue Java and it didn't work.

brod · 05-31-2013, 06:08 PM

commercial growers in Australia chop the pup off near ground level and gouge a little bit out and pour in a cap full of kerosene. I use this method and it works like a treat with no detriment to the matt. The best thing is to get them when they are small.

sloot95 · 05-31-2013, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Duckfood

I feel like a crime has been committed...

lol dw i felt bad doing it but I need to keep them under control. Please don't put my in the banana jail

venturabananas · 05-31-2013, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by cheson74

I tried this method on my Blue Java and it didn't work.

Must not have got the meristem.

PR-Giants · 06-01-2013, 12:08 AM

I don't have a need to kill pups but if the need arises, I probably would first try piercing the pup with a small stick. I would think anything that binds the center shaft should effectively kill the pup. I would never use kerosene.

PR-Giants · 06-01-2013, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by RandyGHO

The key though is too keep them removed which can be a weekly affair. By the way, all my suckers got to the rose bed. Roses love banana plants, bananas and banana skins. They will bloom like crazy.

Green manure & compost are great for maintaining healthy soil, but using banana plants, bananas, and banana skins for roses seems like such a waste of potassium, when you're really looking for high phosphorous.

These NPK numbers are in ratios based on K being common.

4 - 0.5 - 6 - banana plants, bananas and banana skins

4 - 1 - 6 - The popular "Banana Fuel"

12 - 1.5 - 6 - grass clippings

6 - 12 - 6 - Rose fertilizer

bananimal · 06-01-2013, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by brod

commercial growers in Australia chop the pup off near ground level and gouge a little bit out and pour in a cap full of kerosene. I use this method and it works like a treat with no detriment to the matt. The best thing is to get them when they are small.

Adding poison sounds lovely!

Pup corm connected to the mama corm.
Mama corm connected to the mama stem connected to all the pups.
So don't light a match when eating those bananas.

Many commercial growers use stuff you and I would assume couldn't happen.

Caveat emptor!

PR-Giants · 06-01-2013, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by bananimal

Adding poison sounds lovely!

Pup corm connected to the mama corm.
Mama corm connected to the mama stem connected to all the pups.
So don't light a match when eating those bananas.

Many commercial growers use stuff you and I would assume couldn't happen.

Caveat emptor!

Other countries allow their farmers to use systemic pesticides that are banned in the U.S. and the fruit is still allowed to be imported.

How healthy are the bananas that you're buying?

Buen Provecho!

RAINFOREZT · 06-01-2013, 09:39 AM

Do not cut them off ..they will come back...remove the pups after the harvest or close to harvest. If there is too many pups coming up, crush them with your boots. it may come back ..repeat 3-4 times ..then it won't grow back.. you can also use the back end of the the draw bar to crush them...to under ground.\

If you remove the pups with roots of a growing plant that not fruited can reduce the production yield.

bananimal · 06-01-2013, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by PR-Giants

Other countries allow their farmers to use systemic pesticides that are banned in the U.S. and the fruit is still allowed to be imported.

How healthy are the bananas that you're buying?

Buen Provecho!

Well put.

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